24 responses to "Plug-In Electric Car Registrations Up 27% In UK In 2017"

There are a lot of people over here holding onto older cars become of mistrust of the government following the U turn in Diesel. Many believe that EVs are a conspiracy to get us to buy a new clean car to then be told it’s bad and get taxed.
Hopefully us Brit’s will realise that EVs are not a con but the real McCoy.

Britain has shutdown the last coal fired plant last year and they have very little oil fired generation.

That means all the electricity generated is from cleaner natgas or nuclear or renewable energy. This gives more incentive for someone to buy an electric vehicle.

With the country being an island, no one is going to drive outside their island, so the country should rapidly install a charging station near every petrol station and also in every parking lot, store, office and encourage everyone to buy at least a PHV.

There’s is no “plan” for a Bridge One especially idiotic politician mentioned it and it’s less likely than Trunos wall.
Coal is nearly done and will be gone by 2025 latest and handful of stations left.

The numbers for BEVs are very low and to me disappointing. Availability, low range and high prices the barriers, probably in that order.
Range should stop being an issue in about 2 years time.
After that availability will likely be the main gating factor since there aren’t enough for everyone so high prices won’t be a drag on sales until there are enough batteries. I’d guess that’s 5 years off.

Well technically you can have your car transported across the Chunnel in a train, or you can take a ferry. People do drive between the UK and Europe and vice versa, and also from the UK to Ireland. However, you’re probably right that for the most part the cars end up stranded on the island.

Waiting lines. . .
A friend of mine wanted an E-golf, and a little E-up for his wife.
Turns out there is a 1 year waiting line for the E-Golf, and 8-9 month on the E-up…
So they bought a used Leaf and a Soul insted.
In the end of this year, they might just as well wait in line for an I.D that will be at dealers in December.
I think the new Leaf will sell sell everywhere.

I’m am very keen to get an EV here in the UK. What is holding me back is limited range, price and choice.

My ideal car will be LEAF size, DC fast charging, 60kWh battery with about 225 miles of range as a minimum. I have basically specced the 2019 LEAF (all be it not a pretty car) so I will wait for those 2019 models to be 3-4 years old so I can afford it 2nd hand. So lets say 2023 before I can sensibly get into an EV.

From what I remember the Kia Niro PHEV Cars are in category two which must emit no more than 50g/km of CO2 and should be able to travel between 10 and 69 miles in electric-only mode. These cars will all come with a discount of up to 35 per cent of the car’s value, or £2,500, whichever is less.

Price £27,995 (after government plug-in grant of £2500)

The Kia soul EV would be in catagory one where the full £4500 would be applicable.